Where does “colmo” come from?

colmo (Spanish) comes from Latin culmus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

colmo (Spanish): summit, top; height; the extreme of a situation

Definitions

  1. summit, top; height; the extreme of a situation

Ancestry of “colmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculmusstalk, stem; hay; straw
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Latin culmus →